Communications on Hydraulic and Geotechnical Engineering: Wave Interaction withPermeable Coastal Structures

摘要

The aim of the research presented in this thesis is to contribute to a betterunderstanding of physical processes involved in the hydraulic and structural response of coastal structures under wave attack and to develop predictive models of wave interaction with permeable coastal structures with special attention to berm breakwaters. To achieve these objectives, laboratory experiments were carried out to provde new insight into physical processes and to validate predictive models. These predictive models must be able to simulate wave interaction with permeabile structures in the time-domain and include the simulation and effects of porous media flow. The numerical modelling of wave attack and the response of structures is restricted to normally incident waves.